The Jury members of the 10th Montreal Turkish Film Festival
10. Montreal Türk Filmleri Şenliği Seçiciler Kurulu
Jonathan Lemieux
Multidisciplinary artist & author
Jonathan Lemieux is a Québécois video artist; his videos are distributed by Videographe (Montreal) and Vtape (Toronto), and have been screened around the world in high-profile festivals. His is currently completing his master’s degree in the Histoire et esthétique du cinéma department at the Université de Lausanne in Switzerland.
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Denys Desjardins
According to the Dictionary of Quebec Cinema, Denys Desjardins is a “hands-on” cinematographer with a curious mind animated by an overflowing filmmaker who pervades most of his films. Producer, filmmaker, essayist and film enthusiast, Denys Desjardins has directed several films and websites, both in private industry and at the National Film Board of Canada. He has sat on various boards, including the Soirée des Jutra and the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, and is one of the founding members of Quebec Cinéma. Denys Desjardins is the producer and designer of Cinéma du Québec.com.
We could add that in 2013 he shot a film in Turkey (KAPADOKYA) which was presented at the closing of the 5th edition of the Montreal Turkish Film Festival.
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Selahattin Yıldız
He was born in 1962 in Kırklareli. In 1985 he completed Anadolu University Cinema-TV Department with his “Meerschaum” documentary film. Between 1985 and 1987 he directed technical directing, editing and co-directing in various video films. In 1986 he entered as a Research Assistant in Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Cinema TV and became Associate Professor in 1997 and Professor in 2003. He served as the Department Head between 1998 and 2005, and in 2010 served as deputy dean. Yıldız has been serving as the Dean of the Communication Faculty of Maltepe University from 2012 to 2013 and has been serving as the Dean of Maltepe University Fine Arts Faculty since 2013. He published 47 articles in various refereed and non-refereed cinema magazines. He has two books titled “Cinematographic Expression” and “The Language of Editing”.
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